• Warren Baptist Church holds weekday preschool and mother’s day out classes for ages 1 through preK 4. For information, call (706) 860-6878 or go to warrenbaptist.org.

Fundraiser

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post 63 will hold a fundraiser cookout from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday behind the sheriff’s office substation on Ronald Reagan Drive in Evans, with hamburger and hotdog plates available for $5.

Blessings

Church of the Holy Comforter, 473 Furys Ferry Road, will hold its annual Blessing of the Backpacks during the 10:30 a.m. worship service Aug. 5. Students and school personnel are asked to bring backpacks, briefcases and bookbags for a special blessing, and school supplies will be collected for Lakeside Middle School. For information, call (706) 210-1133.